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Dippy on Tour: wildlife past and present Phil Stephens, Russell Hill, Sammy Mason and Sian Green Durham University > Outline > Background > What we do > Where you come in Outline Engaging school

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Dippy on Tour: wildlife past and present

Phil Stephens, Russell Hill, Sammy Mason and Sian Green Durham University

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Outline

Engaging school pupils and museum visitors in an interactive effort to monitor local mammalian wildlife

  • Background
  • Monitoring
  • Policy and management
  • Engagement
  • What we do
  • MammalWeb
  • Engaging schools
  • MammalWeb at the GNM
  • How it will work

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Why monitor mammals?

  • Ecology
  • monitoring, explaining and predicting responses to

environmental change

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Why monitor mammals?

  • Ecology
  • monitoring, explaining and predicting responses to

environmental change

  • Policy and management
  • cultural value
  • conservation
  • control of pest species
  • invasive species
  • disease contingency

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Why monitor mammals?

  • Ecology
  • monitoring, explaining and predicting responses to

environmental change

  • Policy and management
  • cultural value
  • conservation
  • control of pest species
  • invasive species
  • disease contingency
  • Engagement and awareness

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Source: National Wildlife Management Centre

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MammalWeb

  • Recognises that mammals are scarce and hard to

spot

  • “Camera traps” overcome that
  • hard to deploy in sufficient numbers
  • yield huge numbers of images to classify

https://vimeo.com/237771257

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MammalWeb

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i) encouraging families to explore nature on their doorstep; ii) encouraging young people to connect with the natural world; iii) build partnerships between regional cultural, scientific and wildlife organisations.

AIMS:

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MammalWeb & Dippy: plans

  • Natural Northumbria exhibit

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MammalWeb & Dippy: plans

  • Natural Northumbria exhibit
  • Profiles different habitats
  • Upland
  • Lowland
  • Woodland
  • Seas & Coasts
  • Introducing Urban

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MammalWeb & Dippy: plans

  • School project

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MammalWeb & Dippy: plans

  • School project

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MammalWeb & Dippy: plans

  • School project

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MammalWeb & Dippy: plans

  • Natural Northumbria exhibit
  • Museum visitors (during Dippy’s visit)
  • touch screens by each habitat
  • classify images from that habitat captured by schools

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i) encouraging families to explore nature on their doorstep; ii) encouraging young people to connect with the natural world; iii) build partnerships between regional cultural, scientific and wildlife organisations.

AIMS:

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Questions?